North Somerset Council has approved proposals to develop a new waste depot and household waste recycling centre.

The Local Government Association has said there is ‘no excuse for the government’s mishandling’ of the plan to reorganise ...

A new video shows the shocking moment a lithium battery caught fire at a Waste Transfer Station in North Tyneside.

Plastic Overshoot Day arrived on 6 September, which means almost 72 million tonnes of plastic will leak into the environment this year.

The Environment Agency is investigating three illegal waste sites in the North East, which amount to almost 3,500 tonnes of ...

Fifteen designers have developed concepts to tackle vape fires, improve battery recovery and reduce product waste through a ...

Drinks producers would pay no per-container producer fees for the first 15 months of the deposit return scheme under plans ...

Northern Ireland departments — and UK ministers making policy relating to the region — must now have due regard to a ...

The West Midlands and Yorkshire had the highest report totals in 2025, but the heatmaps include duplicate calls and do not ...

The battery fire debate has settled on kerbside. Jack Cartwright, a Director at Innovent Recycling, a UK provider of secure ...

As reuse and recycling systems improve, the composition of residual waste is changing. More materials are being captured and ...

From April 2027, chemically recycled plastic may count towards the Plastic Packaging Tax’s 30% threshold only when attributed through a qualifying certified mass-balance supply chain. HM Revenue & ...